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Measuring the Height of the PhysicsTower.
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MEASURING THE HEIGHT OF THE PHYSICS TOWER Introduction: This assignment deals with the measurement of the height of the main tower of the Physics and Astronomy Building. In order for this to be somewhat a challenge, the equipment available to first year students isn't sophisticated at all. However, this calls for creativity and some thinking. There are many methods that one could use to measure the height and they all require basic tools and none in some cases. There are four methods that are considered to be easy to perform. First, one could drop an object from above and using the known acceleration and time measured could find the height. However, errors like unknown air resistance and wind could change the actual result. Secondly, one could count the number of blocks making the building and multiply them by the individual length. This method relies on the assumption that all the blocks have...
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